If I requested a reduction in my pay back percentage, will this prevent a new Loan offer

I am at 74% repaid with an invoice pending that will take me over 75% tonight. I requested a reduction in my pay back percentage because I am anticipating a few large invoices next 2 weeks and I need the revenue to get me through the holiday season. My busy season is Jan - May. I had a great November which is not normal because November is usually my slowest month with Oct 15 being the deadline to file taxes on extensions. I normally ramp back up starting December and I'm buried under work Jan through May. I do have steady income after my busy season and my sales increase every year, however I haven't received a new loan offer. I probably shouldn't have requested a reduction in the pay back percentage (from 16.5 to 8.25% for next 30 days) because I'm not sure the impact this has when the system is evaluating the account for new loan offer. All metrics are green and I should remain green for at least the next week or so...thoughts anyone?? Im on my 4th loan and this is my largest loan I am paying back. I got it March 19. ALSO - is anyone noticing a trend with the time frame they receive their loan offer? Two of my loans were offered in March and 3 of them were offered on the 19th of the month (Oct 19 2023, March 27 2024, December 19 2024 and current one was offered March 19 2025 and Im at 74% repaid. Chime in fam.

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Hey there @Atl_TaxSlayer.. As much as I hate to say this, there is no way to know for certain whether or not this will affect new loan offers.  My guess (ONLY a guess based on my decade of experience with Square) is that any change we request to the repayment terms of the loan WILL delay/affect new loan offers.  That would be consistent with any lender, really, since asking for changes to repayment terms is often an indication that we are having issues with repayment which is not a green flag for getting new offers no matter what our repayment history has been to that point.

 

Otherwise, loan offers are going out.  But it seems that they are still not happening as soon as they did pre-pandemic.  Most likely, that will never change.  I read an article somewhere recently that indicated that merchant cash advance loans were becoming more conservative and cautious and that this is a trend world-wide -- not just with Square.  These days, I don't recommend that anyone expect a new offer until at least 85-90% because from what I've seen here and elsewhere that seems to be a more realistic bet in general.  Another thing I'll mention is that I've read here in the past few weeks that new loan offers have been disappointingly lower than usual or than expected.  Again, that is not actually surprising given the state of the lending market in general right now.

 

Anyway, good luck.

Chip A.
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